Gavin Anderson KC

Gavin Anderson KC specialises in white collar crime, inquiries and regulatory cases. He appears regularly in criminal prosecutions in the High Court of Justiciary and Sheriff Courts, as well as at Public and Fatal Accident Inquiries.

He is instructed regularly to defend in health & safety prosecutions involving fatalities and severe injuries as well as in cases of environmental, financial crime and road traffic offences. He advises professional persons and organisations on compliance with self-reporting obligations and has represented a wide variety of persons in regulated occupations charged with serious crimes, including solicitors, company directors, teachers and police officers.

Between 2021 and 2024, Mr Anderson served as a full time Advocate Depute at Crown Office, prosecuting cases in the High Court of Justiciary and overseeing complex deaths investigations. He served as Lead Crown Counsel for the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit and Health and Safety Investigation Unit. In this role he had oversight of the most complex Fatal Accident Inquiries in Scotland, as well as the prosecution of serious health and safety offences. He led for the Crown in the high-profile Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of John Yuill and Lamara Bell, known as the ‘M9 Inquiry’ [2024] FAI 18.